- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 25th, 2015
NASA Releases View of Flowing Nitrogen Ice Glaciers on Pluto
The dwarf planet is not such a dull place after all
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 24th, 2015
Earth 2.0 Found: Astronomers Zoom In on Our Planet's Older Cousin
The newly discovered orb sits merely 1,400 light-years away
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 23rd, 2015
New Horizons Sees Reddish Spot on Pluto's Moon Nix
The probe imaged the orb on the day of its flyby of Pluto
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 23rd, 2015
Yet Another Mountain Range Discovered on Dwarf Planet Pluto
New Horizons imaged the peaks during its flyby of the orb
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 20th, 2015
Astronomers Spy on Dead Galaxies in the So-Called Coma Cluster
These dead galaxies appear to be teeming with dark matter
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 20th, 2015
The European Space Agency Has a Mission to Jupiter in the Works
In 2022, the agency will launch a probe to the giant planet
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 18th, 2015
New Horizons Beams Back View of Frozen Plains on Dwarf Planet Pluto
These aliens plains formed about 100 million years ago
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 17th, 2015
ESA's Gaia Satellite Sees Famished Star Cannibalizing Its Companion
Oddly, this cosmic cannibal is merely the size of Earth
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 16th, 2015
Stephen Colbert, Neil deGrasse Tyson Talk NASA's Pluto Mission
Stephen grills Neil for demoting Pluto, calling it a dwarf
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 16th, 2015
Astronomers Zoom In on Jupiter's Long-Lost Cosmic Twin
Jupiter's twin orbits a star not very different to our Sun
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 16th, 2015
New Horizons Sees Budding Mountain Range on Dwarf Planet Pluto
The find suggests the orb might be geologically active
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 15th, 2015
Scientists Image Massive Asteroid As It Buzzes by Earth
The space rock flew by our planet earlier this month
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 14th, 2015
New Horizons Didn't Communicate with Base During Its Pluto Flyby
It's just that it was too busy collecting data
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 14th, 2015
NASA's New Horizons Mission to Pluto Explained
Here's what you need to know about this history-making epic
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 14th, 2015
New Horizons Just Hours Away from Completing Historic Pluto Flyby
The flyby will happen at 7:49 a.m. EDT, NASA says
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 13th, 2015
Here's What Happens When Two Galaxies Collide
Our home galaxy will too one day smash into nearby Andromeda
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 13th, 2015
New Horizons Carries the Ashes of Pluto Discoverer Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh discovered dwarf planet Pluto in 1930